Concurrent pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital lobar emphysema in a young dog with tension pneumothorax: a rare congenital pulmonary anomaly
Abstract Background Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) and congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) are very rare congenital pulmonary anomalies in veterinary medicine. PH refers to the incomplete pulmonary development due to embryologic imbalance of bronchial development between the lung buds, while CLE is defined...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2019-07-01
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Series: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-019-0472-2 |